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Now, yes, I know Graffiti Pier is not technically a public space, but it has operated as one for many years because it was abandoned by its owner, Conrail, in 1991. City officials announced this week that it will enforce its previously more lax no trespassing policy. PHILADELPHIA - A popular public art space called Graffiti Pier has been shut down by Philadelphia police over safety concerns, prompting a push to turn the former coal loading dock into an. That scared away some regulars - but by no means all of them.Īfter all, the qualities that make a place like Graffiti Pier dangerous - its isolation and lawlessness, its grit, its feeling of a wilderness in the city - are the same things people love about it. Now Graffiti Pier faces an even direr existential threat. Just a week before that, the pier made news for a different reason: A man and two women were robbed and sexually assaulted at gunpoint, in daylight. The sprawling 1,100-unit project at 2001 Beach St., just below Graffiti Pier, would include multifamily rental buildings at the western end of the site, followed by diverse array of single-family town. But in the past few years, it has become almost mainstream: the site of more than 3,000 Instagrams, a half-dozen music videos, and, a few weeks ago, a well-attended and fully amplified rock show. More than 1,000 new homes could be coming to a massive vacant parcel between the Delaware River and Philadelphia’s Port Richmond neighborhood. Top ways to experience Graffiti Pier and nearby attractions Dark Philly Adult Night Tour 1,431 Recommended Walking Tours from 30.00 per adult BYOB Historically Hilarious Trolley Tour of Philadelphia 188 Recommended Trolley Tours from 48.50 per adult Philadelphia Segway Tour 140 Recommended Segway Tours from 55. The 500-foot-long pier has long drawn teenagers from the River Wards to drink beer and ride dirt bikes. Hop over, slip around, or duck under it and you're on the well-worn path to what's known as Graffiti Pier - a postindustrial ruin, open-air art gallery, and informal park that has, in recent years, become perhaps Philadelphia's worst-kept secret.

PHILADELPHIA - Make your way past the Port Richmond Village Shopping Center, weave underneath I-95, dodge the cars drag-racing down Beach Street, and you'll reach a locked gate.